Masterbuilt MB20041020 Gravity Series 560 Outdoor Digital Charcoal Barbecue Griddle + Grill + Smoker, Portable, Built-in Thermometer Gauge in Black

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The Gravity series has a shiny new digital controller that allows you to control everything about your cook from the digital interface. The digital temperature control is also connected to both bluetooth and Wifi to allow you control from your smart device when you’re not standing right in front of the grill. After cooking a variety of different foods I can say the grill performs exactly as advertised. The temperature control is very accurate. It maintains whatever grill temperature you set. Convenience at Your Fingertips: The integrated Wi-Fi connectivity and user-friendly Masterbuilt app provide convenience and flexibility, allowing you to monitor and control your grill effortlessly. The wide range of temperatures, and the speed at which it reaches them, is impressive, matching conventional home ovens in terms of convenience – but with all the fun of an outdoor grill. You can control both temperature and cook time from Wifi and bluetooth, which means that you can control everything you need on the grill even when you’re down the street partying it up with the neighbors or at a soccer game hours before dinner.

Wi-Fi Connectivity: Stay connected to your grill from anywhere with the integrated Wi-Fi technology. Monitor and adjust temperatures, receive notifications, and access a library of mouthwatering recipes through the Masterbuilt app. You could also just as easily wad up some newspaper and push it into the opening to fire things up, but we find that if newspaper is the way you’re planning to go, drizzle a bit of vegetable oil on there first to make sure the coal catches fire before the newspaper goes out. The Charcoal HoppperBy using these two methods, you can smoke when and how much you want. With the first-mentioned method, you can also smoke at higher temperatures. Which just isn’t possible with a lot of other smokers. If you’re going to barbecue low and slow but want less smoke, that’s possible too. No smoke at all is, of course, not likely. There is always some smoke coming from the charcoal. And lots of smoke when the charcoal is damp The vertical charcoal hopper is designed to hold up to 8 hours of charcoal. The hopper will hold about 10lbs of lump or 16 pounds of briquettes. The standout feature of the Masterbuilt 560, aside from its intuitive design, is its ability to control the temperature of the BBQ using a digital fan system found on its underside. We have hands-on experience testing this product. We have also gathered info from the manufacturer, owners and other reliable sources. Now, these areas will need to be oiled regularly to keep them from rusting. The paint shouldn’t be coming off this early. Or if this is normal, it should be noted in the manual to keep those areas oiled.

When you use this as a grill does the meat have a smoked taste to it? I have a traeger pellet grill but I hate using it to grill because the meat gets a smoked flavor.

These mods have enhanced my Masterbuilt 560 experience. I’m confident they’ll benefit yours as well. It also means that, unlike its simpler counterparts, you don’t need to empty the hopper after every cook and discard half-burnt coal. Instead, you can simply fire up where you left off the next time and not waste any fuel.

The Takeaway: Masterbuilt just made charcoal grilling a whole lot easier with the 560 Digital. From start up to clean up, the innovative design eliminates some of the biggest issues people have using charcoal. Plus, it smokes as well as it grills. Since an all-over sear means more flavor than the stripes of grill marks, I rotated the steak about every 15 seconds, and flipped it over every minute to a new hot section of the grate until there was a nice even brown flavorful crust and the internal temperature was 132°F, about medium-rare. The flavor was outstanding with just a hint of wood smoke from the single wood chunk. Not sure why these are different. I have a little caution as to how long they will last and how much babysitting they will need.

Blue tooth connection of the Masterbuilt smoker

Just above the digital temperature control and thermometer ports is a side shelf that can easily be used for food and tools during your cook. If there’s one feature that I miss on any grill, it’s not having enough flat surface that I can utilize during a cook. Set the temperature on the digital control panel, or your smart device, and the DigitalFan™ will maintain the desired cooking temperature for hours. With the Gravity Series™ 560 Charcoal Grill, you can smoke, grill, sear, bake, roast and so much more. Before starting this whole process, the only thing to keep in mind is to remove the slides that make the hopper airtight. If you leave the slides in place, none of the above will work. These slides shut off the hopper from the outside air so that the charcoal extinguish after a barbecue session. That way, next time, you can start with the leftover charcoal. I was originally thinking along the lines of a Flame Boss 500 for a charcoal grill, but if a MB Gravity unit with charcoal only will not give too strong a smoke flavor and mostly a charcoal flavor that might be the sweet spot. If you have insight I’d really appreciate hearing it!